briantrumpet
Pharaoh
Since the Winter Olympics are always including more sports, I can see an opportunity here for GB - why not Ice Rugby or Ice Cricket?
Donald I, emperor of the world.
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deptfordmarmoset
Über Member
Rugby with a curling stone for a ball would be interesting.
midlandsgrimpeur
Well-Known Member
Judging by recent performances, our rugby and cricket teams are already playing on ice!
Pblakeney
Legendary Member
An understandable, but false assumption.
"The percentage of US-born players in the NHL is essentially flat compared to last season’s 29.2 percent, standing at 29.1 percent of the league. The percentage of Canadian players has dropped by half a percent, down to 41.1 percent of the league, which is the lowest of all time. While these figures may shift slightly due to injuries, call-ups, and other factors as the season progresses, the trends have been consistent for a while."
First Aspect
Guru
You know there has been talk about including cyclocross?
First Aspect
Guru
What is the false assumption? The only remotely competitive nations in ice hockey are Canada, Sweden, the Czech Republic and the USA (and traditionally Russia). There is really only one professional league of note, the NHL, with the rest of the national or regional leagues being feeder leagues where average salaries and revenue is a faction of the NHLs.
If one of the countries with the top % of players in that league haven't won the Olympics for 12 editions, that's quite a big deal.
matticus
Legendary Member
Don't get me started!
Dorset Boy
Well-Known Member
I think the Finns might expect to be on that list -didn't they win in 2018 and 2022?
Rusty Nails
Country Member
And got to the semi's this time.
Pinno718
Guru
Isn't Vancouver in Canada or has Trump bought it? Or did you want me to specify 'USA'?
First Aspect
Guru
I might have misread your post, but my comment could apply to NHL players in general. I do appreciate that in some professional sports most notably football, but also tennis, golf and basketball, the Olympics is not particularly important. But while I would say the Stanley Cup is certainly the pinnacle, the Olympics is still a big deal. Even in the US, the "miracle on ice" would be replayed on TV when the winter Olympics were coming around (and that really was amateurs Vs pros, hence the miracle).
Pblakeney
Legendary Member
"Given the NHL is by far and away the strongest ice hockey league, and the US has more top level players than any other nation, no golds in 46 years is staggering."
The false assumption that was made in that the vast majority of hockey players in the NHL are from the US.
They are in fact a long distant second.
Note the slight embarrassment that there is nobody from the UK but there is an Aussie.
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